There is nothing, but darkness ahead thick, black and cold. I can hear the growl of the demon that is tormenting me inching ever closer. Stumbling, I fall cracking my head on a rock. I can taste the blood as it trickles across my lips…I’m as good as dead.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
The cardboard roof does little to keep the icy rain and bone-chilling cold from compounding his pain. Looked upon as a piece of worthless trash, he is invisible to passersby..
Perhaps if they realized they were just one paycheck away from his Hell, they’d offer him a bit more sympathy.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
In the crystal blackness of the nighttime sky the golden tail of some terrestrial body illuminates the heavens. Perhaps it is the contrail of some alien ship looking down upon this sad misguided world knowing that soon all of this could be theirs as we perish by our own hands.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Brochures piled upon the bed, edges rabbit-eared from years of wasted dreams; the world lay before him if only he had the time. As a child Jim dreamt of seeing Europe, Italy, Spain, but it is not meant to be.
A lifetime prison sentence has destroyed all of his plans.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
“What what the hell do you want from me”; John screamed at his crying wife! No matter how much overtime he worked there was never enough money to cover the bills.
The only thing he could think of was that maybe it was time to cash in the life insurance.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
This must be Hell!
Confusion clouds my senses as I sit drenched in sweat consumed by the blackness of this void. I have clawed and scratched at the coarse stone walls for all these many hours to no avail. The sting of broken nails and bloody fingers are the only reward for my efforts.
Pressing up, the ceiling offers no means of escape. Instead the jagged rocky teeth tear my forearms and hands to ribbons…I am trapped!
Uncontrollable tears stream down my cheeks as I am resigned to my fate, that Hell is real and I’m going to die.
~~ Dominic R. DIFrancesco ~~
Dressed in their finest, the mogul and his mistress approached the steps of the marble behemoth. They were running late for the gubernatorial ball and the inconvenience of the vagrant lying before them just served to infuriate.
Yelling obscenities at his still body…they did not realize he was dead.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Feelings of despair
Brought on by this hectic world,
Hopelessness abounds.
Could our connectedness be to blame;
Glowing screens of every shape and size?
Even in sleep there is no rest
For the modern mind will not quiet.
Discerning truth from fiction is ever more daunting
With the right and left screaming for attention.
I’ve forgotten what silence is like,
No notifications, no ringing, no television
…A simpler time.
Could it be time to power off
Leaving all things electronic black and lifeless?
It’s undeniable that those times were happier,
That families talked and people listened.
We walked with our heads up and smiles on our faces
Instead of head down and into poles.
Maybe twenty four hour news, tweets and likes are a cancer
Feasting on our teetering sanity.
I am a realist, I know the past is the past
To which we will never return,
But maybe a little self imposed downtime is in order
Just for a bit of nostalgia.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
There is good and bad
In everything in this life
Be cautious with blame
It can destroy what is good
Just as easily as bad
Know the difference
Between what’s fact and fiction
Lives can hinge on it
.
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Somewhere in my brain
A novel waits to be born
Playing hide and seek
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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